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My XP Home CD (original) has died...sorta. It's stopped reading at about 35%

of the way through. I tried to create an ISO to restore using Nero but Nero

can't go beyond the 35% mark either. Any suggestions? I HATE being without

the CD! If anything happened and my restore points messed up (which HAS

happened) I'd be without an operating system! HELP!

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    Umma Gumma wrote:

    > My XP Home CD (original) has died...sorta. It's stopped reading at

    > about 35% of the way through. I tried to create an ISO to restore

    > using Nero but Nero can't go beyond the 35% mark either. Any

    > suggestions? I HATE being without the CD! If anything happened and

    > my restore points messed up (which HAS happened) I'd be without an

    > operating system! HELP!

     

    OEM?

    Retail?

     

    Have you tried cleaning it with a soft/non abrasive cloth?

    Tried reading it and making an ISO in a different machine - newer CD/DVD

    drive?

     

    --

    Shenan Stanley

    MS-MVP

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    How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

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    "Umma Gumma" <Itstotallyinvalid@invalid.ca> wrote in message

    news:%23P$KTPbvHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    > My XP Home CD (original) has died...sorta. It's stopped reading at about

    > 35% of the way through. I tried to create an ISO to restore using Nero but

    > Nero can't go beyond the 35% mark either. Any suggestions? I HATE being

    > without the CD! If anything happened and my restore points messed up

    > (which HAS happened) I'd be without an operating system! HELP!

     

    Microsoft will sell you replacement media.

     

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326246

    How to replace Microsoft software or hardware, order service packs and

    product upgrades, or replace product manuals

     

    HTH

    -pk

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    Hi Umma,

     

    What exactly are you trying to do?

     

    I had the exact thing happen, but I received error messages. So I

    reformatted my partition and relaunched Windows XP Home Edition installation

    and it worked fine.

     

    Of course, I lost no information, because My Documents is stored on

    another partition and hard drive, but my Emails had been backed up. My

    Favorites and Address Book, plus Briefcase were all backed up.

     

    Did you replace any hardware, that you are reinstalling?

     

     

    --

    thecreator

     

     

     

     

    "Umma Gumma" <Itstotallyinvalid@invalid.ca> wrote in message

    news:%23P$KTPbvHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    > My XP Home CD (original) has died...sorta. It's stopped reading at about

    > 35% of the way through. I tried to create an ISO to restore using Nero but

    > Nero can't go beyond the 35% mark either. Any suggestions? I HATE being

    > without the CD! If anything happened and my restore points messed up

    > (which HAS happened) I'd be without an operating system! HELP!

    >

    >

    >

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    "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper@gmail.com> wrote in message

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    > Umma Gumma wrote:

    >> My XP Home CD (original) has died...sorta. It's stopped reading at

    >> about 35% of the way through. I tried to create an ISO to restore

    >> using Nero but Nero can't go beyond the 35% mark either. Any

    >> suggestions? I HATE being without the CD! If anything happened and

    >> my restore points messed up (which HAS happened) I'd be without an

    >> operating system! HELP!

    >

    > OEM?

    > Retail?

    >

    > Have you tried cleaning it with a soft/non abrasive cloth?

    > Tried reading it and making an ISO in a different machine - newer CD/DVD

    > drive?

    >

    > --

    > Shenan Stanley

    > MS-MVP

    > --

    > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way

    > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

     

    OEM. I cleaned it with rubbing alcohol because I thought that would leave no

    residue. I tried making an ISO of it in Nero, but Nero gets to 35% and then

    hangs interminably. I was patient. I gave it an hour. I turned to ISOBuster

    but it had the same problem, cept it didn't hang. It gave me an error

    message over and over again and wouldn't proceed.

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    "thecreator" <thecreator@comcast.net> wrote in message

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    > Hi Umma,

    >

    > What exactly are you trying to do?

     

    Just read the CD!

    > I had the exact thing happen, but I received error messages. So I

    > reformatted my partition and relaunched Windows XP Home Edition

    > installation and it worked fine.

    >

    > Of course, I lost no information, because My Documents is stored on

    > another partition and hard drive, but my Emails had been backed up. My

    > Favorites and Address Book, plus Briefcase were all backed up.

    >

    > Did you replace any hardware, that you are reinstalling?

     

    No new hardware. Nothing's changed. And I have one big C. I haven't lost

    anything on the hard drive. I just can't read the CD any more. It hangs at

    35%.

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    Can you get a friend with the same disk (OEM Home edition) to make you a

    copy? It wouldn't contravene the EULA - you're allowed to make a backup

    copy. Then you'd know for sure whether it's the disk or not.

     

    HTH Tony.

     

     

    "Umma Gumma" <Itstotallyinvalid@invalid.ca> wrote in message

    news:%23P$KTPbvHHA.4872@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

    > My XP Home CD (original) has died...sorta. It's stopped reading at about

    > 35% of the way through. I tried to create an ISO to restore using Nero but

    > Nero can't go beyond the 35% mark either. Any suggestions? I HATE being

    > without the CD! If anything happened and my restore points messed up

    > (which HAS happened) I'd be without an operating system! HELP!

    >

    >

    >

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    "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS@talk21.com> wrote in message

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    > Can you get a friend with the same disk (OEM Home edition) to make you a

    > copy? It wouldn't contravene the EULA - you're allowed to make a backup

    > copy. Then you'd know for sure whether it's the disk or not.

    >

    > HTH Tony.

    >

     

    That's an idea. This CD has definitely had it. I can't get it to read at

    all, tried all day.

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    Hi Umma,

     

    Question: Have you cleaned the CD, with a CD Cleaning Kit? Have you

    cleaned the CD or DVD Burner with a CD Cleaning Kit for it?

     

    Kensington® Media GuardianT CD Disc Cleaner

     

    http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=986596&x=28&Ntt=cd%20cleaner&y=11&uniqueSearchFlag=true&An=text

     

    Kensington® Drive GuardianT CD Lens Drive Cleaner

     

    http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=986604&D=2%20cd%20cleaner&Dx=mode%20matchallpartial&Nty=1&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ntt=cd%20cleaner&N=100000&uniqueSearchFlag=true&y=11&x=28&Nr=100000&Ntk=all&An=text

     

     

    --

    thecreator

     

     

    "Umma Gumma" <Itstotallyinvalid@invalid.ca> wrote in message

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    > "thecreator" <thecreator@comcast.net> wrote in message

    > news:dsGdnW9hMq7tSxfbnZ2dnUVZ_hqdnZ2d@comcast.com...

    >> Hi Umma,

    >>

    >> What exactly are you trying to do?

    >

    > Just read the CD!

    >

    >> I had the exact thing happen, but I received error messages. So I

    >> reformatted my partition and relaunched Windows XP Home Edition

    >> installation and it worked fine.

    >>

    >> Of course, I lost no information, because My Documents is stored on

    >> another partition and hard drive, but my Emails had been backed up. My

    >> Favorites and Address Book, plus Briefcase were all backed up.

    >>

    >> Did you replace any hardware, that you are reinstalling?

    >

    > No new hardware. Nothing's changed. And I have one big C. I haven't lost

    > anything on the hard drive. I just can't read the CD any more. It hangs at

    > 35%.

    >

    >

    >

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